This chapter is to provide for the harmonious development of
the City of Las Vegas and its environs in order to establish conditions
favorable to the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare
of citizens of the City. More specifically, provisions of the regulations
are designed to achieve the following objectives in newly subdivided
areas:
A.
Adequate provisions for light and air, public open spaces, water
supply, drainage, sanitation, including sewer service, and public
facilities.
B.
Economy in governmental expenditure and adequate reimbursement of
the City for services performed.
C.
Safe, convenient circulation of people, goods, and vehicles.
D.
Accurate and complete surveying, and preparation and recording of
plats.
E.
Coordination of land development in accordance with orderly physical
patterns as stated in adopted plans and policies as may have been
or may hereafter be adopted by the City Council.
F.
To designate, preserve, protect, enhance, and perpetuate those structures,
properties, and sites which reflect outstanding elements of the national,
state, regional, and/or local cultural/aesthetic/natural heritage.
This chapter is authorized by NMSA 1953 Compilation, § 14-18-6,
as amended,[1] and as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission
at a public hearing on the _____ day of __________ 1979, and as adopted
by Ordinance No. 67-7 on the 18th day of April 1979 by the City Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now NMSA 1978, § 3-19-6.
This chapter shall govern all platting or replatting of land
within the City of Las Vegas and all of the territory lying within
three miles of the City's corporate limits with the approval
of the Extraterritorial Zoning Commission
The provisions of these regulations shall be held to be minimum
requirements to meet the expressed intent of subject regulations.
Where the provisions of any other ordinance or local regulation impose
greater restrictions than those of these regulations, the provisions
of such other ordinance or local regulation shall prevail.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A minor public way which is used primarily for vehicular
service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting
on a street.
A plat or sketch of any planned future development of undeveloped
land which is contiguous to a proposed subdivision and is under control
or ownership of the subdivider. Such plan should indicate general
land uses and major arterial.
A street which is used primarily for serving large volumes
of comparatively high speed traffic from one area of the City to another.
A portion of a roadway or separate pathway designated for
use by bicycles.
Property bounded on one side by a street and the other three
sides by a street railroad right-of-way, waterway, unsubdivided areas,
or other definite barriers.
A line established by the setback requirements as provided
in the Municipal Code for the City of Las Vegas.
The City of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
An attorney employed or retained by the City whose duties
include reviewing and approving contracts of agreements entered into
by the City, involving funds or securities to be expended or accepted
by the City.
The governing body of the City. Final approval of all subdivision
plats in the planning and platting jurisdiction of the City rests
with this body.
The Manager of the City or his authorized representative.
A street which carries traffic from local streets to the
major arterial streets and highways.
San Miguel.
The elected Clerk of the County or the Clerk's authorized
representative.
A minor street with only one outlet and culminated by a turnaround.
A natural watercourse or indenture for the drainage of surface
waters.
A plan indicating an on-site drainage proposal, the passage
of stormwaters through the development and safe discharge of runoff
onto adjacent lands or onto storm drainage facilities. Also, a comprehensive
analysis of:
A room or suite of rooms used as a single-family dwelling,
including bath and culinary facilities.
A grant by the property owner of the use, for a specific
purpose, of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation,
or a certain person or persons.
A person who is engaged in the practice of engineering and
is qualified to so practice as attested by his legal registration
as a professional engineer in the State of New Mexico.
A divided multilane highway for through traffic with all
crossroads separated in grade and with full control of access.
A local street which is parallel to and adjacent to another
street, normally a highway or freeway.
Includes infrastructure, such as streets, curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, fire hydrants, storm drainage facilities, bike paths, trails,
and water, sewer, and gas systems or parts thereof.
A person who engages in the practice of land surveying and
is qualified to so practice as attested by his legal registration
as a land surveyor in the State of New Mexico.
A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended
for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership
or for building development. It also is a tract of land described
by metes and bounds and held in separate ownership, as shown on the
records of the County Assessor.
A street of considerable length that carries or that planning
evidence indicates will carry a large column of traffic.
A street parallel to and adjacent to a major thoroughfare
which provides access from the thoroughfare to abutting properties.
The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Las Vegas or any of
its parts, for the physical development of the area within the planning
and platting jurisdiction of the City which has been adopted by the
City Council.
When a requirement in these regulations uses the word "may"
instead of "shall," the requirement will be necessary only if directed
by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
A street of relatively short length that provides access
to an industrial or commercial district and is designed to discourage
its use by through traffic.
A street of relatively short length that provides direct
access to a limited number of abutting residential properties and
is designed to discourage its use by through traffic.
The ordinances of the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, known
as the "Municipal Code."
The Planning and Zoning Commission is the officially appointed
Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
A map, chart, survey, or plan certified by a land surveyor
and/or registered engineer which contains a description of subdivided
or resubdivided land with ties to permanent survey monuments.
The total area of land deeded, reserved by plat, or otherwise
acquired by the City, the County, or the State of New Mexico.
The replatting of any lot or group of lots by any means,
including changes in existing lot lines, for the purpose of leasing,
transferring title, or conveying to another person by a clear and
understandable description of the legal boundaries of such lot.
That portion of the street available for vehicular traffic.
A street of relatively short length that carries a considerable
volume of traffic of more than neighborhood character.
The lateral distance between the right-of-way line of the
street or property line and the building, gasoline pump, curb base,
display stand or other object.
The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
A pedestrian walkway with permanently improved surfacing.
A public way, which has been dedicated or reserved by plat,
other than an alley which affords the principal means of access to
abutting property.
[Amended 6-19-1986 by Ord. No. 74-36]
For the area of land within the corporate boundaries of the municipality, the division of land into two or more parts by platting or by metes and bounds description into tracts for the purposes set forth in Subsection C herein; and
For the area of land within the municipal extraterritorial subdivision and platting jurisdiction, the division of land into two or more parts by platting or by metes and bounds description into tracts of less than five acres in any one calendar year for the purposes set forth in Subsection C herein.
An owner or an owner's agent who undertakes the subdivision
of land as set forth in these regulations.
Chapter 450 of the Code of the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, designed to promote public health, safety, morals and the general welfare, and to regulate or restrict within the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, percentage of lot that may be occupied, size of yards, courts, and other open space, density of population, and location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, floodplain or other purposes; to divide the City into districts or zones of such number, shape, area and form as is necessary to carry out the purpose of this Code, and to regulate or restrict the erection, construction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures, or land in each district or zone, to provide for the administering of this Code; and to provide for amendments, supplements, or changes hereto.
